WESTERN BOWERBIRD

Photographed on Nallan Station, Cue, Western Australia April 2015, also seen on Coodardy Station.

573          WESTERN BOWERBIRD               Chlamydera guttata

Australia             (416)

Ranges interior and WA from Everard-Musgrave Ras. (nw SA), through ranges of s. NT, e. to Jervois Ra.,n. to MacDonald Downs-Mt Allen, w. to Rwlinson /Warburton Ras. (WA), Pilbara to coast c. eighty Mile Beach, s. to GascoyneR.-Cue-Kathleen Valley-Leonora. Found in rocky hills, frequently visits rock figs.

Bower on Coodardy Station, Cue.

GULL-BILLED TERN

These were photographed at Cue, Western Australia April 2015

572            GULL-BILLED TERN              Sterna nilotica

Australia             (415)

37-43 cm; wingspan 1-1.2 m. Found near fresher brackish wetlands; beaches, mudflats, inland swamps, lakes, grasslands, crops, ploughed lands, airfields. Range all over Australia except driest inland central e. WA and nw. SA. Several races, some of which breed in the inland while others migrate.

DIAMOND DOVE

Photographed near Cue, Western Australia April 2015

571           DIAMOND DOVE             Geopelia cuneata

Australia            (414)

19-22 cm. Found in drier grassy woodlands, scrub near water, wooded watercourses. Ranges across drier parts of all mainland states, except driest deserts; mostly absent from coastal s. Aust., s. WA(s. of Murchison R.) and Nullarbor Plain: scarce Cape York Pen. (Q).

ORANGE CHAT

Photographed near Cue, Western Australia April 2015

570          ORANGE CHAT            Epthianura aurifrons

Australia           (413)

10-11.5 cm. Found in sparse grasslands, gibber; saltbush, bluebush, samphire, salt lakes. Ranges across inland Aust., sparsely to w. and s. coast, WA, e. to Coorong (SA).

BOURKE'S PARROT

Photographed near Cue, Western Australia April 2015

569          BOURKE'S PARROT            Neopsephotus bourkii

Australia           (412)

Also known as Night or Sundown Parrot. 18- 22 cm. Found in mulga or other acacia scrubs; native cypress; open eucalypt woodlands. Ranges across s. interior, from c. Blackall-Cunnamulla (Q) and Walgett-Hilston (NSW), to w. coast WA, between Moore R. and NW Cape; n. to Devil's Marbles (NT), s. to Port Augusta-Gt Victorian Desert.

BLACK-BREASTED BUZZARD

Photographed near Cue, Western Australia April 2015

568        BLACK-BREASTED BUZZARD                 Hamirostra melanosternon

Australia               (411)

Also known as Black-breasted Kite. Found in grasslands, sandhills, gibber deserts; timbered watercourses and waterholes;tropical woodlands; sparsely vegetated offshore islands; coasts. Ranges across e. inland Aust., coastal n. and w. Aust; se. Q., s. NSW, s. WA. 51-61 cm; windspan c. 1.5 m; female larger.

CRIMSON CHAT

Photographed near Cue, Western Australia April 2015

 567           CRIMSON CHAT          Epthianura tricolor

Australia         (410)

10-12 cm. Found in open woodlands, plains, scrubs, grasslands. Range inland Aust. to coastal s. in WA-SA. Nomadic.

CHIMING WEDGEBILL

Photographed near Cue, Western Australia April 2015

566          CHIMING WEDGEBILL              Psophodes nigrogularis

Australia        (409)

Extremely shy. 19-22 cm. Found in acacia scrubs on stoney country; mallee-spinifex; broom bush on sandhills. Ranges across w. interior Aust.: from Toomba Ras.-Glenormiston-Urandangi (far w. Q), across s. NT, n. to Tanami; to w. coast (WA) from c. Onslow s. to Murchison R; s. inland to c. Payne's Find-Leonora, e. through Gt Victorian Desert to Tarcoola-Coober Pedy (SA).

REDTHROAT

Photographed near Cue, Western Australia April 2015

 565           REDTHROAT           Pyrrholaemus brunneus

Australia        (408)

11.5 cm. Found in inland scrub, mulga, other acacias; mallee associations with spinifex, eucalyptus with regrowth, tea-tree, saltbush, bluebush. Range inland Aust from near Winton (Q) w. across. NT and s. to Balranald (NSW)-nw. Vict.-Murray mallee (SA); w. to L. grace-moors (WA), thence coastal n. to Pilbara.